Rising singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jake Minch confirms his North American headline tour today. Kicking off in August, the dates include stops at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right, Los Angeles’ Moroccan Lounge, Chicago’s Schubas Tavern, Toronto’s Velvet Underground and more.

A shining example of building a community through music in an organic way, Massachusetts-born, San Diego-based reggae outfit Dubbest continues to build momentum at every opportunity.

British craft brewery Mash Gang is poised to stage the largest non-alcoholic (NA) beer giveaway in Colorado history. From June 9 through 15, the London-based upstart will put 30,000 free cans into the hands of Coloradans, determined to prove that a 0.5 percent pint can thrill just as much as its boozy counterpart.

Music Heals International (MHI) whose global mission brings music and musicians to children in need to rebuild communities and inspire resilience and creativity, has announced the first-ever annual recipient for the MHI Rob Wasserman Memorial Ambassador Award in partnership with

Sound Summit celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday, September 13, as CAKE returns to the historic Mountain Theater to headline the daylong festival atop Mount Tamalpais that has brought both exceptional music and benefit to the mountain and Bay Area community alike over the past decade.

Dark tales of disaster have always been an important part of the bluegrass songbook, and Balsam Range has always known a good one when they’ve seen it. Case in point: the award-winning group’s latest single for Mountain Home Music Company, “The Pacific.” 

Globally acclaimed music phenomenon Africa Express is sharing two new singles in celebration of their highly anticipated forthcoming studio album, Africa Express presents… Bahidorá (due July 11 via World Circuit Records).

Americana duo The Imaginaries—husband-and-wife team Maggie McClure and Shane Henry—have announced their highly anticipated sophomore album, Fever, due out August 22nd. The Oklahoma-based duo’s latest offering from the record, a resilient, harmony-soaked country-leaning ballad titled “Little By Little,” is available everywhere now.

The Django Festival Allstars, the “sensational” gypsy-swing juggernaut lauded by George Benson and crowned by DownBeat as the hardest-swinging band to hit Newport, return to Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center for a fiery four-night stand, July 10–13. Tickets are on sale now at https://ticketing.jazz.org/19015.

GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer Mádé Kuti has announced his Eeagerly awaited standalone debut album, Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From?, arriving everywhere via LegacyPlus Records on Friday, July 25. Pre-orders/Pre-Saves are available now.